| Report on the casting of The Company Men |
“The Company Men” ‘s first wives club is expanding. We hear that Tony-winning, Lowell-born actress Maryann Plunkett has signed on to play Chris Cooper’s wife in the recession-inspired drama, which has been shooting here (Boston) the past few weeks. UNH grad Plunkett – whose real-life husband, Jay O. Sanders, recently starred in the Huntington Theatre Company’s run of “Two Men of Florence” – joins “Mad Men” star Rosemarie DeWitt (she plays Ben Affleck’s wife) and Maria Bello, who has been filming scenes with Tommy Lee Jones. Bello’s in danger of picking up a Boston accent: She’ll stay in town to film “The Lake House” with Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider. . . . In other “Company” news, Framingham resident Jim Idzal says he and wife Leslie are trying to decide whether to keep renovations made by the film’s crew. Before scenes with Affleck and Kevin Costner were shot at the Idzals’ home last week, the crew made the couple’s living room a dining room, and their dining room a living room. Idzal said he and his wife aren’t opposed to the switch – it’s just confusing. “We moved out for about two weeks because they were redecorating the whole first floor.” Idzal said Costner was the most outgoing of his guests; Mr. “Field of Dreams” took the time to socialize with neighbors and take pictures.
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